Who knows where we saw it first, many attribute this trend to Anthropologie, but what we do know for sure is that the trend of adding numbers to the fronts of bedroom furniture drawers and doors is taking over the DIY world like wildfire. We've rounded up just 5 examples of how this nursery-friendly trend has come to fruition.
Tell us what you think. Does this trend work for a kid's room? Or does your style say, "No way. Subtract the numbers."
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1. Upcycled Wardrobe, by Paint Me White (Via Noosh Loves)
2. Nursery Dresser, by Domestic Adventure (Via Casa Sugar)
3. Anthropology Inspired Dresser Redo, by Remodelaholic
4. Numbered White Dresser, by Sanity and Chaos
5. Chalk Paint Numbered Dresser, by Shabby to Chic Queen Creek
(Images: attributed to the links above)
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This look is the visual way to say "I must have useless pseudo-information thrown at me every second of the day." I'm trying to imagine how the addition of numerals improves any of these -- nobody is ever going to have the occasion to say "You'll find it in drawer 3." It just reinforces the already suffocating feeling that we can never get a moment's relief from incoming data. Just let the furniture be furniture. It doesn't have to pretend to be a rudimentary TV or iPhone.
As for the "child's room" angle, these chests are not going to affect how quickly Caitlin and Jacob learn to count, or how much they eventually like math. Gloria Upson once said, "Books are awfully decorative, don't you think?" Fetishizing numbers as decor is no better an impulse.
I do like the second one that uses the number handles. The rest of them I don't care for. They look too contrived.